Talking about sports

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Hello and welcome to Real Easy English. I'm Georgie.

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Hi, Georgie. How are you doing?

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I'm doing OK, thanks, Neil. How are you?

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I'm fine.

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What are we talking about this week, Neil?

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Today, we're talking about hobbies.

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We’ll talk about the sports we play in our spare time.

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OK, great! Can you explain what you mean by spare time?

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Well, 'spare time' means 'the time when we're not working

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'and we don't have anything that we need to do'.

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Yes. And we can also use the phrase 'free time', which means the same thing.

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OK, so, Neil, do you play any sports in your free time?

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Well, I do exercise, so I go running.

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That's not really a sport.

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I help my son training when he plays cricket, so that's kind of playing sport.

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Very good.

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And how about you, Georgie. Do you play sports?